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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis recommended that Jefferson consider Yellowstone's junction with the Missouri as a site for

2. Prior to the beginning of the journey, Jefferson issues to Lewis

3. The most prized and valuable animal found along the river is the

4. Lewis was under the assumption that the Shoshones would want to trade horses for

5. Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Jefferson's families have this in common.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lewis' goal in trying to make peace between the Arikaras and the Mandans? Why does he involve himself in their dispute?

2. Why was it fortuitous that the group encountered the Nez Perce Indians?

3. Discuss the punishment meted out to the two soldiers who drank whiskey while on guard duty. Was it fair?

4. What may have convinced Lewis and Clark that they needed to double their crew?

5. Why was progress down the Ohio River so abominably slow?

6. Explain Lewis' realization when he was threatened by buffalo bulls, a bear and wolverines.

7. What happened to Lewis' beloved iron-frame boat?

8. Discuss the large keelboat and its journey back to St. Louis.

9. What in Lewis' childhood may have contributed to his later accomplishments?

10. Did Jefferson see something special in Meriwether Lewis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacagawea was only one of Charbonneau's wives. Research and write an exploratory essay on Charbonneau:

1) Did the Charbonneau family continue to thrive in the region of the Mandan camps?

2) Are there still Charbonneau's living there now?

3) Was it a custom within the Shoshones to have two wives, or did Charbonneau think this up on his own?

Essay Topic 2

How would it have influenced Meriwether Lewis if he could have seen into the future? Write an informal essay about what changed after his death, such as.

1) Jefferson did not realize that the means of transportation would become faster and more reliable than travel by horse.

2) He did not know that Jefferson would expect him to take complete responsibility for publishing his scientific journals.

3) Some of Jefferson's wild inventions would become reality.

4) The country actually would become one nation under one government.

5) The Indians would be subdued and all but wiped out by the government.

6) There would be many thousands of Americans moving west and settling.

7) Britain and France would no longer occupy parts of America.

Essay Topic 3

Research and write an expository essay on the rumor/legend/fact that Thomas Jefferson had an affair and a child with his black slave.

1) What is known about this rumor now? Was it true?

2) Have the relatives of this relationship surfaced, and, if so, how much credibility can we give to their stories?

3) Jefferson was never married. Can it be determined whether he was in love with this female slave?

4) Jefferson was known as something of a womanizer. If there is little factual information to support the affair, is it likely to have been true, given Jefferson's lifestyle?

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